Improvement in boxes for packing truit, provisions



GEORGE III; HUSTON, OF PUTNAM, OHIO.

Letters Patent No.v109,821, dated December 6', 1'870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FOR PACKING FRUl-T,VPROVISIONS, &c`.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. Hus'rox, of Pnt- Y 11am, in. the county ot' Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in the Preservation of Perishable Articles by means 1 Let.'l a Packing or Shipping-Oase; Vand l do hereby declare the following description to be-a ull,.elear, and exact specification thereof, reference being had to thc accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, and in 'which-` Figure I represents a plan view of my invention, and

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of the. same. taken lhe nature thereof consists in the employment ol' two boxes or barrels, or other receptacle suitable l'or packing purposes, in which it is designed to preserve eggs, butter, fruit, or other perishable articles for general use,I or while being transported from one place rto another, the inner box or receptacle being perforated or supplied with slots, or having apertures between the boards composing its walls, top, and bottom, and entirely surrounded, when placed in its outer casing or receptacle, with packing suit-able for protecting its contents from deeon'iposition produced by exposure to the atmosphere.

` In the several figures like parts are represented by similar letters..

In the accompanying drawing- A represents an outer box or receptacle.

B is au inner box or vessel, placed within the outer box A, and is supplied in top, bottom, and its vcr? tical portions with a series ot apertures or holes, b, as

fully shown inl iig. 2.

rlhe inner box l is made smaller than its easing o1' outer box A, or ot' such a size as to leave a space or chamber' above, below, and around it (see iig. 2) to receive packing suitable for preserving the articles packed irom decomposition, the apertures b 11 acting as conductors for the fumes ot' the packing in the cham-ber between the outer surla'ce ol'fthe inner box and the'vinncr surface of box A.

Instead et' boring holes in thc vessel l5, slits or openings may bo lett between the boards ot'which it is composed. y

'lhe tops ot; the two boxes are held in their respective .places by means oi' screws o r otherwise.

My inveutiouean bo applied also to barrels or butts or the like means used' in shipping eggs, butter, or other perishable articles.

l lo not laylany claim separately to the means cm- `ployed in packing, or any chemical combination for preserving the articles packed Lto he. preserved or shipped; buty lVhat I claim, and desire Insecure by Letters Intent,i sv l' lhe employment ot an outer box or other receptacle, iu combination with an inner perforated receptacle, the latter'receptacle heilig made of such a size as to leave a space or chamber between it and the inner walls, top, and bottom of the outer receptacle or casing, for the reception oi'prcscrvers, substantially as described. In testimony tli'at l claim the foregoing as my ini vcntion, I hereunto setmy hand and seal this 30th day ot` September, 1870.

GEOIHSE M. IIUSTON. [ra SL] \Vitnesses:

HOHER Wrmn, MILTON C. MITCHELL. 

